Lillian Walsh, 7, of Towson, makes a headpiece with colorful feathers during "Animal Encounters," a weekly event in January at the Nature Center at Oregon Ridge, on Sunday, Jan. 5.

Lillian Walsh, 7, of Towson, makes a headpiece with colorful feathers during "Animal Encounters," a weekly event in January at the Nature Center at Oregon Ridge, on Sunday, Jan. 5. (Photo by Noah Scialom)

Oregon Ridge offers "Animal Encounter" events with a naturalist at which participants go outside looking for signs of specific critters or do a related activity or craft inside depending on the weather.